The art is usually credited to Amir Khusraw (1244-1325), called the “Nightingale of India” for his contribution to South Asian music ... This flexibility in language and musical instrumentation ...

Qawwali is a form of devotional music that expresses the mystical Sufi practice of Islam in South Asia, mainly in areas of Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. The term qawwali comes from the Arabic word ...

And it's not just India that has produced the big names of Qawwali, Pakistan has a history of stars as well. Amjad Farid Sabri was one of the biggest Qawwali musicians from Pakistan and became one ...